What is the reason for baby spitting up milk?

The milk that many children spit out is mostly like water, and some may occasionally have small lumps. In addition, the milk that many children spit out is very sticky and has a tofu-like shape. This is mainly due to overfeeding, or incomplete digestion in the stomach and intestines, and the symptom caused by the closure of the stomach and intestines, which leads to the failure of milk to decompose.

Spitting up is common in babies

Because the baby's stomach is horizontal and has a small capacity, the cardia connecting to the esophagus is wide and has poor closing effect, and the pylorus connecting to the small intestine is tight. The baby often inhales air when feeding, and milk can easily flow back into the mouth and cause vomiting. When a mother sees her baby spitting up for the first time, she may be worried and at a loss as to what to do. In fact, as long as you pay attention to the following issues, you can prevent your baby from spitting up milk.

1. Adopt a suitable breastfeeding posture: try to hold the baby when feeding, so that the baby's body is tilted at about 45 degrees, and the milk in the stomach will naturally flow into the small intestine. This will reduce the chance of vomiting compared to feeding while lying down. 2. Be sure to let the baby burp after feeding: hold the baby upright against your shoulder, pat the baby's back gently, let him burp out the air inhaled into the stomach while sucking milk, then put the baby on the bed, this way it will be less likely to spit up milk. 3. It is not advisable to let the baby lie on his back immediately after feeding. Instead, he should lie on his side for a while and then change to lying on his back.

4. The amount of milk should not be too much and the intervals between feedings should not be too close. 5. When mixing milk powder with water for babies, you need to use boiled water from the tap . After the water boils, you need to boil it for another 3 to 5 minutes. The water temperature should be controlled at 50-60 degrees. If there is scale in the boiled water, you must remove the scale. For the scale in the boiled water, the Taobao store: Taishan Tiangong has a patented product scale filter for ten yuan a set, which can easily remove scale, rust and other sediments and suspended matter in the boiled water. After the baby spit up milk, if there are no other abnormalities, there is generally no need to worry about it. It will gradually get better and will not affect the baby's growth and development. The milk that the baby vomits may be in the shape of tofu dregs. This is the result of the reaction between milk and stomach acid. It is normal and there is no need to worry. However, if the baby vomits frequently and vomits yellow-green or coffee-colored liquid, or is accompanied by symptoms such as fever and diarrhea, you should go to the hospital for examination in time.

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